“We have the ability, at such high fidelity, to simulate the physical world through computers. But when the spiritual world or human behavior comes into play, we don't have a very good model for that at all.” WorldHumansPlaySpiritualAbilityBehaviorComputerModelsVery GoodHuman BehaviorFidelitySimulateHigh Fidelity Author:Buzz Aldrin
“All that's known is this: there is no central processor, no single computer. Nothing that simple. Millions of neurons process information simultaneously and in parallel, not linearly, but the actual chemistry and electrical properties of that integrative process are still being mapped. Even so, it seems odd that during the evolution of brain circuitry and thinking, the ability to understand itself did not get wired in. Such built-in innocence seems like a terrible oversight.” ThinkingMindStillsSeemsProcessSimpleAbilityBrainKnownMillionsInformationEvolutionTerribleComputerBuiltPropertyInnocenceOddChemistryParallelsElectricalNeuronsOversightProcessors Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning
“The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not be produced by arcane formulae, computer programs or signals flashed by the price behavior of stocks and markets. Rather an investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace.” DifferentStoriesValuesAbilityEmotionOpinionAdviceSucceedBehaviorJudgmentComputerProgramInvestmentConsumersInvestorsSignalsMarketplaceContagiousGood BusinessSwirlsArcaneInvestment SuccessCoupling Author:Warren Buffett
“Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power - the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power.” UseAgeAbilityBrainEnvironmentShapesComputerMachinesMusclesDigitalEnginesOur EnvironmentSteamDescendantsMental PowerSteam Engines Author:Erik Brynjolfsson
“Even if you have money, access to MoCap technology, and strong choreographic and computer-animation abilities, don't try to make a film like this if you don't have a lot of patience, perseverance and a deep affinity for risk-taking.” IfsTryingFilmStrongAbilityTechnologyRiskComputerPerseveranceAccessAnimationRisk-takingAffinityComputer Animation Author:Martine Epoque
“In Miami they're building all these hideous monstrosities. It's just so easy to be an architect, once you've got the ability to do your computer drawings. They just knock off each other. There's nothing creative in any of them.” EasyAbilityCreativeBuildingComputerDrawingArchitectHideousMiamiMonstrosity Author:Barbara Hulanicki
“... what is faked [by the computerization of image-making], of course, is not reality, but photographic reality, reality as seen by the camera lens. In other words, what computer graphics have (almost) achieved is not realism, but rather only photorealism - the ability to fake not our perceptual and bodily experience of reality but only its photographic image.” RealityCoursesAbilityComputerCamerasFakeRealismLensesCamera LensesComputer Graphics Author:Lev Manovich
“It's not what you know about the computer that's important, but your ability to do things with it. By studying French in an academic setting, you get to know a lot about it, but typically, you can't express yourself well or have an interesting conversation with it.” KnowsWellsImportantAbilityInterestingStudyConversationComputerSettingSettingsAcademicExpress YourselfInteresting Conversation Author:Seymour Papert
“Our goal in education should be to foster the ability to use the computer in everything you do, even if you don't have a specific piece of software for the job.” IfsShouldUseJobsGoalAbilityPiecesComputerSoftware Author:Seymour Papert
“What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to be logical? It is, of course, none of the above. It is the ability to play. Computers cannot have fun. They cannot fantasize. They cannot dream, they cannot experience emotion or summon intuition. These rare, precious qualities come naturally to every child on this earth yet they tend to be seen, by well meaning adults, as faults, foibles and failings. In pushing tiny toddlers to 'perform', we rob them of the ability to imagine.” HumansWellsChildrenPlayDreamEarthCoursesLanguageFunHuman BeingsAbilityNumbersEmotionQualityImagineFailingComputerAdultsAddFaultsIntuitionTinyHaving FunPushingLogicalToddlerFoibles Author:Jonathan Cainer
“Those with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.” PeopleWayKindAgeAbleValuesAbilityGeniusTomorrowSkillsComputerMachinesEngineeringGreat Value Author:Ray Kurzweil
“Suppose there are some things that we don't understand about the universe, but if you understand human intelligence and you understand the gaps in our abilities to think about things, maybe we can engineer in a computer more advanced intelligences that can help augment our ability to think.” IfsThinkingHumansHelpingUniverseAbilityComputerGapsEngineersHuman Intelligence Author:Edward Boyden
“The changes are coming so quickly it's been difficult for workers to retrain themselves and for entrepreneurs to figure out where the next opportunities may be. The catalyst is something called computer learning or artificial intelligence - the ability to feed massive amounts of data into supercomputers and program them to teach themselves and improve their performance.” MayNextOpportunityDifficultAbilityTeachFiguresAmountComputerProgramPerformancesEntrepreneurWorkersDataMassiveArtificial IntelligenceArtificialCatalystSupercomputers Author:Andrew McAfee
“This is an ongoing threat from a variety of sources around the world. And actually I think it works both ways. I'm not privy to it, but I think all of the various country that have the ability are invading each other's computers all the time. But we have to protect our data. It's very important.” ThinkingWorldWayImportantCountryAbilitySourceProtectComputerThreatVariousAround The WorldVarietyDataOngoingInvading Author:Rand Paul
“In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that what's missing from telephones and computer interfaces is this ability to move around in three-space.” FeelsWellsProblemMovingThreeLanguageAbilitySpaceWrittenMissingComputerCommunicateJapanTranslateTelephonesKeyboardsInterfacesWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“I, from the luxury of my laptop computer, can summon extraordinary bargains on everything I want, and I can also move my savings anywhere. This ability to choose more broadly and to switch more easily is the central fact of modern economic life.” MovingAbilityEconomicModernComputerExtraordinary Author:Robert Reich
“I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.” ThinkingMayAbilityOffersComputerCommunicateSurfaceBad ThingsCabinetsTypewritersCyberFilingAbility To CommunicateHermaphroditesFiling Cabinet Author:David Mamet